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DAR honors veterans during ceremony dedicating Sexton’s Building at Riverview Cemetery
The Pike County chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution honored area veterans on Veterans Day with a ceremony in Louisiana’s Riverview Cemetery.
Cannabis regulators concerned about predatory practices in Missouri’s social equity program
A majority of revoked microbusiness licenses are connected to groups or individuals who flooded the lottery by recruiting people to submit applications and then offered contracts that limited their profit and control of the business
The legacies of two community newspaper institutions will now be formally intertwined
The Bowling Green Times and the Louisiana Press-Journal—which already shared county- wide news coverage— have been combined into a single publication, The Pike County News.
Bowling Green R-I students of the Month
Bowling Green R-I students of the Month
Clarksville Fire Department fundraiser to be a murderously good time
An interactive Murder Mystery show with dinner will take place on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024 at the Clarksville Apple Shed. The evening is planned to raise funds for the Clarksville volunteer fire department. Paid reservations are required by this Friday, Nov. 8.
Missouri Community Betterment Celebrates 60th Annual Conference
The Missouri Community Betterment Program celebrated its 60th annual conference, marking six decades of service to rural communities across Missouri.
The votes are in
Louisiana Community Betterment sponsored the Business Scarecrow Decorating Contest during the month of October.
Missouri Schools receive state-funded ‘Grow Your Own’ grants to recruit local educators
For the second year, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education was able to award Grow Your Own grants to 125 local education agencies. DESE's Fiscal Year 2025 budget includes $2.5 million to support one-time grants of $10,000 to LEAs to create or strengthen their local Grow Your Own program, designed to increase recruitment of quality teachers in LEAs across the state.
MoDOT and MSHP host eighth annual BUPD Day press event
Highlighted enforcement of the Siddens-Bening Hands-Free law starting Jan. 1
Louisiana Fire Department makes much-needed improvements to its station/equipment
One of the newest vehicles the Louisiana Fire Department has was repurposed from the city’s code enforcement department.